DAVAO CITY (October 7)— A show business anchor of ABS-CBN filed sexual harassment and libel charges against current and former ABS-CBN news executives Friday. Gretchen Fullido, ABS-CBN anchor and reporter, filed this afternoon a sexual harassment case against Cheryl C. Favila, former ABS-CBN News Executive, and Maricar P. Asprec, ABS-CBN News Segment Producer. The case […]
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UN Peacebuilding Fund: Sustaining the gains of peace and development
DAVAO CITY (October 7)—The United Nations’ (UN) upcoming initiatives in Mindanao will focus on building the capacities of the youth and women and empowering them to become agents of peace and development. This was among the highlights of the second Project Advisory Board Meeting of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UN PBF) attended by representatives […]
Presidential Spox Harry Roque as Press Secretary?
DAVAO CITY (October 7) — The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) may be transferred to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), as President Rodrigo Duterte offered his spokesperson, Harry Roque to lead the OPS. In an interview with DZMM, Communication Secretary Martin Andanar revealed that Roque was offered to lead the OPS. “Iyong Office […]
Duterte tells Roque to forget senate bid, Spox asks for ‘moment’
DAVAO CITY (October 6) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque asked for a moment to ponder on his senatorial bid. This, after President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday advised Harry Roque not to run as senator come 2019 mid-term elections, saying he won’t win. During the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) alumni in Malacañang on Thursday, Duterte advised not […]
DILG wants national highways cleared of tricycles
DAVAO CITY (October 6) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) want the local government units to clear the national highways all over the country of tricycles and pedicabs. The law prohibiting the operation of tricycles along national highways has been there but it was never perfectly implemented. DILG Secretary Educardo Año […]
National ID registration to start next year
DAVAO CITY (October 6) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will start the first batch of registrants for the National Identification (ID) on March 2019. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) chief Lisa Grace Bersales said the first one million registrants are those identified under the Conditional Cash Transfers. The remaining registrants will start in September, First […]
PRRD to turn over first housing project for ex-NPA rebels
DAVAO CITY— President Rodrigo Duterte will lead the turn over of the government’s settlement project for former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Tagum City later this month. This was according to National Housing Authority (NHA) General Manager Marcelino Escalada, who conducted a site inspection at the five-hectare Freedom Residences in Barangay Cuambongan, Tagum City […]
5 PDEA agents killed, 2 others hurt in Lanao Sur ambush
ILIGAN CITY — Five members of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency were killed while two others were wounded in an ambush by still unidentified perpetrators in the Kapai, Lanao del Sur, Friday afternoon, October 5. Chief Supt. Graciano Mijares, director of the Police Regional Office in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO-ARMM), said the ambush […]
PNP recalls services of two police security to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
DAVAO CITY (October 5)– The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recalled the services of the two police security personnel assigned to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde issued the recall order after a “thorough review, in line with the effort to maximize the use of the human resource.” Since June, the PNP […]
Duterte orders investigation of the missing smuggled rice in Zamboanga
DAVAO CITY (October 5) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the immediate investigation of the missing smuggled rice in the hands of authorities in Zamboanga City. Duterte was reportedly very mad when he learned that the 23, 015 sacks of apprehended smuggled rice went missing in the hands of authorities.. On September 23, Newsline received […]
NAIA access pass ni Bertiz iyang gi-uli
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (Oktobre 5)— Nangasaba, Nag-viral, na kontrobersial ug nahospital– tungod niini, gipa-uli na ni ACTS OFW Kongresman Anecito “John” Bertiz Jr., ang iyang access pass sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) kaniadtong Martes. Si Bertiz, nahimong kontrobersial human niya gi-haras ug gilabnihan ug ID ang empleyado sa NAIA niadtong Septembre 30, tungod kay […]
PNP identifies 18 Manila schools as CPP recruitment centers
MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday said it will talk to the heads of the 18 universities and colleges in Metro Manila tagged by the Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP) where the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is allegedly recruiting members to overthrow the government. PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde […]
Armed men ambush ambulance in Koronadal City: Patient killed, driver wounded
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (October 4) – A patient was killed while an ambulance driver was wounded in a daring attack by unidentified armed men near the South Cotabato provincial hospital in Koronadal City on Tuesday night. Supt. Benjiel Kirby Bajo, Koronadal City police chief, said that patient Arlan Macabangin Mangudalat, 45, was gunned down while being […]